Episode description
Episode description
A bustling New England mill turned into a scene of unimaginable horror as the Pemberton Mill's collapse in 1860 claimed dozens of lives, leaving behind a terrifying tale of disaster.Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate
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IN THIS EPISODE: The ghost of a man in gray haunts a London theater. *** The boogeyman – where did he come from, and is he based on a real person? *** A disaster that took place at the Pemberton Mill on January 10, 1860 – a disaster that left a community, and a nation stunned! *** A night of children telling scary stories to each other turns into the real thing. *** A young girl bumps into her father in the hallway… which is impossible, as her father isn’t home. *** James Bond, 007 himself tells his own personal story of the paranormal. Sir Roger Moore tells of his terrifying experience. *** A young teen girl wakes up in the dark of night being choked by a red-eyed being. *** Friends hear a crash in the kitchen… and though everything appears normal, what they eventually find is the stuff of nightmares. *** The discovery of a body in the local river leaves one town with a gruesome mystery – and possibly the framing of an innocent man for the murder. *** Known to the outside world as the City of the Dead, Dargavs is a truly remarkable and mysterious place we know little about. *** Do you ever get the feeling that you are being watched, or that someone is following you? Perhaps it’s not your imagination. *** A father in South Yorkshire claims his family is being haunted by the ghost of an old lady. *** Two men, a forest, and a ouija board – will that be enough to find a rumored black eyed child that has been seen there? *** A man hears pounding on the walls of his apartment – from the outside of the building. *** What appears to be a poltergeist continues to torment office colleagues… or is it just being playful? *** Plus, I’ll share an original creepypasta from a fan of Weird Darkness… it’s a story called “Amoeba”.
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer, Lead-In, and Show Open
00:04:12.316 = Drury Lane Theater
00:08:31.810 = Real Boogeyman
00:20:42.764 = Horror at Pemberton Mill
00:56:54.761 = Haunting of My Grandmother’s Cottage
00:59:22.196 = My Doppelganger
01:02:23.189 = Shaken Not Scared: Roger Moore’s Paranormal Experience
01:04:29.693 = Red-Eyed Being That Held Me Down
01:08:13.971 = Baldwinsville Homicide
01:18:36.112 = Tormented By a Spirit In Hell
01:20:31.067 = Dargavs – City of the Dead
01:24:09.055 = Faceless Specter That Follows Me
01:26:07.376 = Father Claims His Family Is Being Haunted By The Ghost of An Old Lady
01:29:38.242 = Black-Eyed Child of Cannock Chase
01:32:37.560 = Pounding Walls of An Apartment Building
01:34:29.387 = Playful Office Poltergeist
01:37:32.459 = “Amoeba” (Fictional Horror Story) by Sabby Ray
01:54:19.562 = Show Close
SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…
Episode Page at WeirdDarkness.com: https://weirddarkness.com/PembertonMill
“The Drury Lane Theater” (from the book “100 True Ghost Stories: Terrifying Hauntings From The UK And Around The World” by Alan Toner): http://amzn.to/2hwQTWG
“The Real Boogeyman” (from the book, “Could It Be True: Vol 1, Urban Legends” by Cindy Parmiter”): http://amzn.to/2z8VgTh
“The Horror At Pemberton Mill” (from the book, “A Pale Horse Was Death” by Troy Taylor and Rene Kruse): http://amzn.to/2AWTceo
“The Haunting Of My Grandmother’s Cottage”: (link no longer available)
“My Doppelganger”: (link no longer available)
“Shaken Not Scared: Roger Moore’s Experience With The Paranormal”: (link no longer available)
“The Red-Eyed Being That Held Me Down”: (link no longer available)
“Tormented By a Spirit In Hell”: (link no longer available)
“The Baldwinsville Homicide”: (link no longer available)
“Dargavs – City of the Dead”: https://tinyurl.com/vmzpgs2
“The Faceless Specter That Follows Me”: (link no longer available)
“Father Claims His Family Is Being Haunted By The Ghost Of An Old Lady”: (link no longer available)
“Black Eyed Child of Cannock Chase”: (link no longer available)
“The Pounding Walls of an Apartment Building”: (link no longer available)
“The Playful Office Poltergeist”: (link no longer available)
The fictional story (creepypasta) “Amoeba” was submitted by Sabby Ray: https://www.facebook.com/ray.saibal
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Originally aired: February 20, 2020